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Howard Zinn on Election Madness
Howard Zinn Elections matter, when backed by the power of the peopleBy Howard Zinn [This article first appeared in the March, 2008, issue of The Progressive. Must say, Zinn’s perspective is worth paying attention to. We do go a bit … Continue reading
Uncle Al Wants You : Gore To Recruit 10 Million Green Crusaders
Al Gore at the UN climate change conference in Bali in 2007. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty imagesMassive volunteer force and tv campaign aimed at CongressBy Susan Goldenberg /The Guardian / April 1, 2008 Washington — Al Gore yesterday launched a drive … Continue reading
Hot Shots and Classic Takes
Billboard sighting in Berkeley. Photo by MediaDissent.Source.
Get ’em While They Last
The New Yorker Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
Physician, Heal Thyself
Former Surgeon General: Mainstream Medicine Has Endorsed Medical MarijuanaBy Dr. Jocelyn Elders / AlterNet / March 26, 2008 A historic document from the 124,000-member American College of Physicians certifies the medical value of marijuana. One of America’s largest and most … Continue reading
Art : New York Salutes its Garbage
SHHHH! No trash talking… How, exactly, would the Big Apple rot if nobody picked up the trash? Within a couple of weeks the city would be carpeted with trash — more than 120,000 tons of it, according to Robin Nagle, … Continue reading
Texas Conventions : A Real Challenge
Ecstatic Obama delegate at Dallas Convention. Photo by Dallas Morning News. Several Rag bloggers and members of MDS/Austin attended the Travis County Democratic conventions in Austin on March 29, 2008. Most were delegates for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Between … Continue reading
Could Collider Produce Black Hole? Well, Maybe Just a Little One…
Part of a detector to study results of proton collisions by a particle accelerator that a federal lawsuit filed in Hawaii seeks to stop. Photo by Valerio Mezzanotti / NYT. Asking a Judge to Save the World, and Maybe a … Continue reading
Group Protests Autonomous Military Robots
SWORDS (Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems) robots are equipped with either the M249, machine gun which fires 5.56-millimeter rounds at 750 rounds per minute or the M240, which fires 7.62-millimeter rounds at up to 1,000 per minute.Anti-landmine campaigners to … Continue reading
Terrorist Tits in Texas
As her attorney Gloria Allred looks on during a news conference in L.A., Mandi Hamlin, (right), demonstrates what she was asked to do by a TSA agent in order to board a plane. Photo by Nick Ut /APNipple rings fall … Continue reading
Turn Out The Lights — Before The Party’s Over
The Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge appear at dusk. The Australian city was the site of the first Earth Hour in 2007, in which lights on prominent landmarks were turned off to raise awareness about global warming. Photograph by … Continue reading
Crisis in Iraq. Big Time.
Five Things You Need to Know to Understand the Latest Violence in IraqBy Joshua Holland and Raed Jarrar / AlterNet / March 27 The traditional media is incapable of reporting what’s going on in Southern Iraq. Heavy fighting has spread … Continue reading
